*Three rules to writing a novel 
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*The way to predict the future is to create it
*Write until it becomes as natural as breathing. Write until not writing makes you anxious. 
*The only writer you should compare yourself to is the writer you were yesterday. 
*Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.